If You Build it They Will Use: Creating and Sharing Open Educational Resources to Advance Information Literacy Philip Russell Deputy Librarian Institute of Technology Tallaght ECIL, October 2014, Dubrovnik

Agenda Background / Context OER Development Sharing OERs Future Directions

Background Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT Dublin) Range of courses / 4500 FTEs IL & OER strategic focus: - Strategic Plan ( ) - Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy (2011)

What are OERs? “Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials [...] that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share [...] OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.” (UNESCO)

‘How To’ Online Tutorials

OERs to Advance IL May aimed at undergraduates / postgraduates Self-paced / interactive / 24x7 Research, critical thinking, academic integrity, referencing, academic skills Original resources Sustainable / reusable under Creative Commons

Addie Model Planning – ADDIE Model AnalyseDesignDevelopImplementEvaluate

Biggs’ Model of Constructive Alignment (1999) - generic learning outcomes - learning activities - assessment methods Active learning / range of learning styles Instructional Design

Detailed storyboarding Sequenced learning structure / self-paced Use of visuals / logo Language / consistent font / bullet points Accessible Content Design

Learning Landscape OERs created with Articulate Studio 09 Engaging content / quizzes Non technical / easy to use functionality SCORM compliant Development Tools

September extensive usability testing / feedback / piloting SCORM (sharable content object reference model) 1.2 compliant W3C AAA (Web Content Accessibility) Guidelines 1.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International licence Available via multiple delivery platforms (website, institutional repository, VLE) Launch of OERs

Tutorials embedded into academic modules via Institute VLE – Moodle Quizzes facilitate grading / assessment Blended approach – face to face / online Implementation

Learning to Learn - compulsory 1 st year module - IL explicit learning outcome September 2014 – OERs embedded in over 50 academic modules

OERs Usage

OERs - Usage by Country Sept – Sept Total Completions: 548

Evaluation Methods SurveyGizmo VLE/Google Analytics Focus Groups Online Repositories

Feedback Students Improved IL competencies Independent learning Transition into higher education Staff Enhanced course content Accessibility of resources OER advocates

Students’ Comments “As a new student this online resource has made my introduction to college a lot easier, and helped me with my studies. I feel that I am more likely to succeed now at all levels of my course” “Great tutorial - very good explanation of plagiarism and how to avoid it. Thought the quiz was very useful - meant I could check that I understood the material in the tutorial.” “An excellent learning resource – but please add some audio for students with reading difficulties, video content would also be of help.”

Value Enhance Teaching Practice Share Best Practice Community of Practice Collaboration Enrich Learning Experience Value of OERs

Institutional repositories / national learning object repositories Conferences, seminars, workshops, professional networks Publications

OER Repositories NDLR JORUM

If You Build it They Will Use

Staffing / time / funding Limited training - pedagogy / online design Diversity of student body Technical / functionality / accessibility & discovery Explicit licencing details Challenges / Lessons

Future Directions Develop / integrate Audio / video LanguageMobileShare

Thank You ITT Dublin library OERs at:

Biggs, J. (1999) Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press. Blummer, B.A. and Kritskaya, O. (2009) Best practices for creating an online tutorial: a literature review. Journal of Web Librarianship, 3(3), pp Graham, N. & Secker, J. (2012) Librarians, information literacy and open educational resources: report of a survey. Available at: ortfinal1.pdfortfinal1.pdf [Retrieved 4 th September 2014]. ]. Mackey, T.P and Jacobson, T.E. (2011) Teaching information literacy online. London: Facet. Mardis L. and C. J. Ury. (2008) Innovation: an LO library: reuse of learning objects. Reference Services Review. 36(3), pp.389–413. References

Mestre, L.S., et al (2011) Creating learning objects for information literacy: an exploration in best practices. College & Research Libraries, 72 (3), pp Russell P. et al (2013). Creating, sharing and reusing learning objects to enhance information literacy. Journal of Information Literacy, December 2013, Volume 7, Issue 2. Available at [Retrieved 4 th September 2014]. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Available at: [Retrieved 5 th September 2014]. References

Slide 1: Opensource.com Slide 9: Mark Brannan. Learn. Slide 10: Philip Wilson. Man and Gear. Slide 13: Psycho Delia. Learning to Fly. Slide 16: AJ Cann. Feedback Checklist. Slide 20: Ewa Rozkosz. Knowledge Sharing. Image Attributions